[openbeos] Re: BFS and encryption.


--- Evan Knop <argent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2001-10-30 at 13:27, John Gabriele wrote:
> > --- Ken Derborg Madsen <kenny@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > I was wondering, are you going to make a complete clone of the BFS or 
> > > will there be room for changes in it?
> > > In this case im thinking, if it would be possible to have some form of 
> > > encryption added to the fs?
> > > Ofcourse it would be a huge task, but im thinking it would be easier to
> 
> > > do now when your planing instead of later on.
> > > 
> > > Ken Madsen
> > 
> > I'm pretty sure this has already been discussed at length here
> > on this list but I don't recall the final resolution. Would someone
> > mind laying it out on the table so I can immortalize the answer in
> > the faq?
> 
> I can think of a couple of arguments against:
> 
> 1) We're trying to build/keep compatibility with BeOS 5, and messing
> with the filesystem will kill that.  In R2+, we could design a BFS+ that
> supports encryption, but adding too much to R1 will kill it. [snip]

Whoops, sorry. I meant to clip out the part about encryption
from Ken's original message in my reply to it.

I understand that the encryption issue is a dish best served
after R1 is out, if at all. All I wanted pinned down was whether
or not the project (kernel team?) will recreate the BFS or go with
something like ReiserFS or something else.

I know very little about this issue (and it may very well
simply be the domain of the kernel team not even belonging
in the faq) but folks seem to be interested so I thought I'd
chime in.

---j


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